Educate me? Is this to do with genes? For example: Same event happening to two different guys. But two different reactions. 1) First guy got affected more. Got depressed. Felt that this life wasnt worth living for. Depressed. Suicidal. Started drinking. Started taking drugs. Got even more depressed. Started on anti-depressants. It was a vicious cycle. 2) Second guy got affected too. Sad. Depressed. Decided to bury himself with other things to keep him busy. Moments of Sadness. But moved on with his life. I know it is a simple analogy and possibly biased but I always wonder whether gene makeup has anything to do with how one responds to unfortunate events.